Wondering which fleece weight is best for a simple hat and mittens combo. I've researched various Polartec fleeces at places like Seattle Fabrics (and have worn many of them but I wasn't sure which was which at the time). Looking for any advice from people who's made things with fleece!

Chris - I have used polartec 100 for mittens and a beanie style hat before and it has worked out fine for 3 season NE camping. I actually prefer the lighter weight polartec since for me it is more versatile. I can use the hat during the summer on cool nights if need be and the mittens work great as a 2 part system with a myog gortex shell. You might want to order a bit of each and see what works best for you, thats what I did. OWF usually has some nice remnant sales if you want to try multiple weights, if they dont have remnants their regular prices are not too bad either.

I recently made a pair of fleece tights for myself out of generic fabric store fleece and liked the results, so decided to make more out of better fabric. I looked at Seattle Fabrics, Quest Outfitters (where I've bought silnylon before) and OWFI. Hard differentiating all the fleece choices! So, I ordered a some samples from Seattle Fabrics.

The fleece I like is the Polartec 100 Power Stretch. It looks warm and has great stretch -- the best of all the 100-weight fleeces I've seen. It has a good-looking smooth side that I would actually use for the outside of the garment.

Their "Tech Fleece 100 Pro-Stretch" looks pretty good as well. Not as stretchy as the power stretch.

Powerstretch is also a great choice. I literally just finished a technical cut fleece hoodie last night, made of powerstretch. It is very soft, very warm, and has great stretch. Throughout the process of making it I kept putting it on to check fit and such, and every time it was a struggle to decide to take it back off...so nice!

Now that my girlfriend has seen it and felt it she is already buttering me up to get me to make one for her too.

I haven't worn the powerstretch in the wind so I can't say how it compares to windpro, but the powerstretch is definitely more stretchy than windpro, and has that really nice looking flat outer face.